In VS10, I went into the program installation folder and deleted all files pertaining to (splash screen) in the name and that eleminated my splash screen.In VS 2018 I took away the splash screen in a more professional way; one of the files in program folder is (splashscreen configuration settings) I changed 2 or 3 settings to -0-(zero)and that eleminated my splash screen see attached photo. the reason I did this was because the splashscreens were causing delays in program startup at tim es.

Thanks for that rjkok67. It certainly works. And it is useful since asik's fix does not work for me with VS 2018 -- though it worked with previous versions. The problem with 2018 for me is that the 21.0 folder in C:\Users\[MyName]\AppData\Roaming\Ulead Systems\Corel VideoStudio Pro (x64) does not contain an en-US folder as 20.0 and preceding versions do. Nor does it contain, as far as I can see, anything else relating to configuration of the splash screen.

"Sorry for the trouble you are facing. But splash screen is the default feature in the software where you can see the software new update. However for sure I will highlight your concern to our development team."

Maybe someone else can make some sense of that cause I can't.

I really like this software but Corel's hard sell I think is outrageous. I wasted an hour in the last version getting rid of ads that kept popping up in the system tray and elsewhere. You expect that kind of thing if it is free or trialware but not when you have paid for a licence. When I finally go rid of them I still had to look at a sales nag screen for the new version every time I opened the program.

Then you are very lucky. It was in version X10. I had to contact support who gave me the details below . Then I had to get back to them again because there was another popup somewhere else. It wasn't even just for videostudio updates. They were trying to sell me their other products. It was acting like malware in my system tray.

----------------Open up a run prompt by holding down the windows key on your keyboard + the letter "r"